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Shelley O'Callaghan's How Deep is the Lake: A Century at Chilliwack Lake (Caitlin $24.95) is a history of nearly one hundred years of summers at Chilliwack Lake at a summer cabin. Similar to the structure of The Curve of Time, in which M. Wylie Blanchet telescoped her family's coastal cruising adventures into one summer, How Deep is the Lake features expeditions taken by O'Callaghan and six grandchildren as they investigate the headstone of an American scout with the 1858 International Boundary Commission Survey, a 1916 silver mine set up by Chief Sepass, and remnants of an indigenous trail.
Shelley O'Callaghan worked as a volunteer teacher for two years with the Canadian University Services Overseas in Zambia where she fostered literacy among adults in the rural communities and encouraged girls to stay in school and finish their education. She is passionate about history, social justice and the environment. O'Callaghan practised environmental law for twenty-five years and has been recognized as one of Canada's preeminent environmental lawyers. O'Callaghan is a member of the North Shore Writers Association, the Whistler Writing Society and the Canadian Creative Non-Fiction Collective.
How Deep is the Lake: A Century at Chilliwack Lake (Caitlin 2017) $24.95 978-1-987915-39-6
[BCBW 2019]
Shelley O'Callaghan worked as a volunteer teacher for two years with the Canadian University Services Overseas in Zambia where she fostered literacy among adults in the rural communities and encouraged girls to stay in school and finish their education. She is passionate about history, social justice and the environment. O'Callaghan practised environmental law for twenty-five years and has been recognized as one of Canada's preeminent environmental lawyers. O'Callaghan is a member of the North Shore Writers Association, the Whistler Writing Society and the Canadian Creative Non-Fiction Collective.
How Deep is the Lake: A Century at Chilliwack Lake (Caitlin 2017) $24.95 978-1-987915-39-6
[BCBW 2019]
